diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 73a57f7db..45a8c2c50 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.7.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.8.0")